Exterior seat for windows.



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APPLICATION FILED FEB-16,1915.

Patented May 22, 1917.

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APPLICATION FILED FEB- 16. l9l5- Patented .May 22, 1917.

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OLIVER J. BURRELL, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

EXTERIOR SEAT FOR WINDOWS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 22, 1917.

Application filed February 16, 1915. Serial No. 8,657.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLIVER J. BURRELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Exterior Seats for Windows, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to window cleaners seats, painters jacks and the like, and has particular reference to a seat adapted to be adjustably fitted to any window sill to en able the user to have access to the window or the wall of a building from the exterior thereof.

As a principal object, this invention contemplates the provision of a window seat of the type set forth which shall be constructed with such regard to proportion, number and arrangement of parts as to be capable of being cheaply manufactured, durable and efficient in operation and readily foldable into a small compass when not being used.

An object of equal importance with the foregoing and more specific to a seat of this character is the provision of pivotal means maintaining a stabilizing wedging effect against the exterior of the window sill and to also provide means adjustable to windows of varying dimensions to fit a seat of this character thereon, and to further sheathe those parts of a seat of this descrip tion contacting'with the window embrasure with a material preventing any marring of such embrasure.

The above and additional objects which will become apparent as this explanatory description proceeds, are accomplished by such means as are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, described in the following specification and then more particularly pointed out in the claims which are appended hereto and form a part of this application.

With reference to the drawings, wherein there is illustrated the preferred embodiment of this invention as it is reduced to practice, and throughout the several views of which like characters of reference designate similar parts:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of the window cleaners seat comprehended by this invention as in assembled position and in readiness to be placed upon the window sill,

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the matter shown in Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the device as folded,

Fig. 4 is an end view of the matter disclosed in Figs. 1 and 2, and

Fig 5 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 5--5 of Fig. 4.

In the embodiment illustrated in the drawings, there is made use of a top piece 10 which may be constructed from a durable and seasoned wood and of the elongated rectangular formation illustrated, being par ticularly adapted to lie transversely of the window sill and to project outward therefrom a distance sufficient to afford the user of this device ample room in which to accomplish any such purpose of'his as cleaning the window from the exterior or painting the outer walls of the house. At one extremity, this top 10 is provided with a pair of thin metallic facing plates 11 respectively secured to the upper and lower sides of the board 10 by means 12 and at its innermost extremity these plates and the intermediate board being apertured as indicated by the numeral 13 in alternate transverse series of three and two apertures respectively. Through these apertures 13 are adapted to fit the headed bolts 14 which abut the inner line of the window sill, in maintaining the device from outward movement when the weight of the operator is applied to the portion 15 of the top. Intermediate this top 10 there is hinged as indicated at 16 the upright portion 17 also formed preferably from a seasoned wood and adapted to abut a stop 18 when in its assembled position, which stop limits the swinging movement of the hinge although at other times the part 17 may be folded back to abut the underside of the top portion 15 in the manner clearly illustrated in Fig. 3. Means for maintaining this upright 17 in the operative position illustrated in Fig. 1 include the inclined side rods .18, each of which is formed with an eye 19 at its uppermost extremity which is adapted to encircle and be maintained by the head of a suitable screw or other fastening means 20 entering the top portion from the side edge. At their lower extremity these side rods 18 are bent angularly as denoted at 21 to pass through eyes 22 parallel to the rods and carried on the side edges of the vertical piece or upright 17, such extremities of these rods being suitably maintained by removable nuts 23 when the device is in the position illustrated as assembled in Fig. 1, although these nuts may be with drawn from the angled ends 21 to permit the latter to be inserted in the horizontal eyes 24 carried upon the side edges of the top 10 at the proper distance from the screws 20 to accommodate such side rods when the latter are swung out of their connection with the vertical piece 17 in order to permit the latter to be folded in the manner mentioned.

A block 25 which may also be constructed from the seasoned material forming thev portions 10 and 17 is secured to the lower extremity of the latter and is provided with a suitable facing 26 which is adapted to abut the wall of the house immediately below the window embrasure and serves the purpose of preventing marring of the wall by contact therewith of the block 25.. A similarly formed block 27 but of smaller dimensions as regards thickness is also provided with a facing 26 which may be, a strip of carpet, felt, or other material and is hingedly connected to the first mentioned block by side braces 28 which are reinforced by the angle braces 29 converging to support the center of the block 27. This block is adapted to be swung upwardly into a position paralleling that of the block 25 in order to maintain a wedge-contact with the undersurface of the sill as clearly illustrated by the dotted lines of Fig. 1", a removable pin 30 serving to maintain the block in this position. Facings 31 similar to the block strips 26 are also. provided on the under surface of the long board 10 to cover the surface of the sill and for a similar purpose. It being readily understood that the rods 14 contact with the inner edge of the sill, it will be obvious that some means should be added to this seat to prevent any marring contact of these rods and as is particularly illustrated in Fig. 5] This is accomplished. by means of a bracket including parallel plates 32 positioned at right angles to each of the rods and clasping the latter therebetween, an adjusting and fastening means for these plates being provided by the bolts 33 secured to one of the plates and passing through the other to receive exteriorly of the same the winged nuts 34, the tightening or loosening of which obviously determines embracing contact of the plates upon the rods. It will thus be seen that a single, and plane surface is permitted to take the place of the many contacting vertical edges of the rods in a simple and efficient manner. Pockets 35 are formed by single and spaced strips of ma terial secured at various points 36 over the facing 31 upon the underside of the mem ber 10 in horizontal alinement in order to accommodate the adjustable rods 14 when the device is folded as indicated in Fig. 3.

In operation, the member 10 is first laid transversely of the sill with the hinged member 17 depending therefrom upon the outside of the window and having the block 25 abutting the outer wall of the house, the rods 18 being positioned as shown in Fig. 1 to reliably maintain the member 17 in its desired position. The movable block 27 is swung about its hinged braces until in wedging contact with the under portion of the exterior sill while the rods 14 are inserted in those apertures which permit the device to just span the sill and prevent any further outward slipping such as would throw the blocks 25. and 27 from the desired position as described. hen it is wished to fold the device into the smallest compass the brace rods 18 are released from the eyes 22 and refastened by means of the nuts 23 in the eyelets 24 carried by the member 10 which, in this position, these rods parallel. The bolts 14: are removed from their apertures and inserted in the obvious manner in the pockets 35, while the hinged board 17 is swung backward on its hinges 16 until its rear face contacts with the undersurface of the main board in the manner clearly illustrated in the drawings. When so folded the plates 32 may be first removed from the rods and then afterward secured on the protruding extremities thereof although not so illustrated in Fig;

3. It should be noted particularly that the weight of the window washer or painter upon the outer extremity of the board 10 when the same is in use forms a force tending to produce counterclockwise rotation (in Fig. '1) about the window sill as a fulcrum which is amply resisted by contact of the block 25 with the wall of the house. The swingable block 27 may be used to either wedge the device with reference to the window sill or in case of an extremely narrow sill to act as an extension of the block 25 in either of which positions it may be maintained by the removable pin 30.

From the foregoing it should be clearly apparent, therefore, that means have been provided whereby the previously presented objects are capable of being attained, so that this invention may therefore be claimed as possessing the advantages and desirability of such objects.

While in the foregoing however, there has thus been illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification such combination and arrangement of elements as constitute the preferred embodiment of this invention, it is desired to emphasize the fact that such minor changes in the matters of proportion and degree may be made in later adaptations of this device as shall not alter the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

What is claimed is 1. A window seat of the character set forth including a top piece extending outwardly transversely of the window sill, a vertical portion connected thereto, a block carried by said vertical portion for binding engagement with the outer wall of the house, and a second block hingedly connected to said first block for wedging contact wliith the under portion of the outer window s1 2. A window seat of the character set forth including a top piece extending outwardly transversely of the window sill, a vertical portion connected thereto, a block carried by said vertical portion for binding engagement with an outer wall of the house, an extension block connected to the firstmentioned block, said extension block being capable of assuming different positions, and means maintaining said extension block in either of its positions.

8. A window seat of the character set forth including a top piece extending outwardly transversely of the window sill, a vertical portion connected thereto, block carried by said vertical portion for binding engagement with an outer wall of the house, a second block hingedly connected to the first mentioned block for wedging contact with the under portion of the outer window sill, and means for contact with the inner window sill.

at. A window seat of the character set forth including a top piece extending outwardly transversely f the window sill, a vertical portion connected thereto, a block carried by said vertical portion for binding engagement with an outer wall of the house, an extension block hingedly connected to the first mentioned block and, said extension block'being capable of assuming different positions to act as an auxiliary support, means maintaining said extension block in either of its positions, and means for contact with the inner window sill.

5. A window seat of the character set forth including a top piece extending outwardly transversely of the window sill, an upright hinged to the under face of said top piece and adapted at times to be folded to position against the same, means for limiting movement of said upright in one direction, detachable means for retaining said upright in vertical position, a sill protecting member carried by said top piece and having bolt accommodating straps extending transversely across the same, said top piece having a plurality of apertures to provide a selection of positions for transverse bolts, a plurality of bolts removably engaged through a number of said apertures and adapted to be interchangeably positioned in said straps, means removably engaged upon said bolts for contact with the inner side of the window-sill, a covered block carried by said upright for engagement with the outer wall of thehouse adjacent the window sill, and an adjustable extension block carried by the first-mentioned block for engagement with the outer portion of the window sill.

6. A window seat of the character set forth including a top piece extending outwardly transversely of the window sill, a vertical portion connected thereto, stay rods pivoted to said top piece and removably supporting said vertical portion, a block carried by said portion for binding engage ment with an outer wall of the house, an extension block hingedly connected to first said block for wedging contact with the under portion of the outer window sill, adjustable means including a plurality of rods for contact with the inner window sill, the construction permitting folding of the vertical portion on the top-piece and means for accommodating said stay rods in parallel position upon said top piece.

7 A window seat of the character set forth including a top piece extended outwardly transversely of the window sill, a vertical portion connected thereto, stay rods pivoted to said top piece and removably supporting said vertical portion. a block carried by said vertical portion for binding engagement with an outer wall of the house, an extension block hingedly connected to the said first block to act as an auxiliary support, said extension block being capable of assuming different positions, means maintaining said extension block in either of its positions, and adjustable means including a plurality of rods for contact with the inner window sill, the construction permitting folding of the vertical portion on the top piece and accommodation of said stay rods in vertical position upon said top piece.

8. A window seat of the character described including a top piece, adapted to extend transversely outwardly over a window sill, a vertical portion hinged to said top piece, stay rods pivotally mounted on said top piece and removably supporting said vertical portion, a block carried by said vertical portion for contact with an .& 1,226,858

outer wall of the house, an adjustable block including spaced plates securable upon said 10 hinged to said first block, facing means carbolts to contact with said inner sill.

ried by both of said blocks and by the un- In testimony whereof I aflix my signader portion of said top piecfe, metallic plates ture in presence of two witnesses.

on the inner eXtreInit 0 said to iece formed with successive series of apgrtllres, OLIVER BURRELL' supporting bolts adapted to enter the aper- Witnesses:

tures of a series to maintain said top piece A. L. BURGAN,

with relation to the inner sill, and means Mrs. M. A. CoPPEN.

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